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Denver Post Profiles Chase Carraro

In a sport where guys smack each other with sticks for fun, it's politely called a faceoff.

In reality, a faceoff in lacrosse is like nothing else in sports.
It's as pure as a primal scream. Two players. Nowhere to hide. A
competition that combines the best of a Medieval joust, the worst of
mud-rasslin', and bragging rights more delicious than beating your
brother to the last heaping spoonful of mashed potatoes left in a bowl
at the dinner table [read entire article].

Wonder how much the refs got paid to make sure Denver didn't make it to the final four. It's one thing for a fan to say the officiating was horrible, but man, even the announcers were commenting how badly the refs messed up and how they made so many questionable calls.

I feel like lacrosse refs are always pretty bad. Nature of the sport. Despite bad calls, it's DU's fault we weren't in a more competitive position at the end. As many bad calls as there were, there were plenty of bad penalties taken.

The reffing was pretty bad. But DU had two pretty clear chances to tie the game at 10 in the last couple of minutes of the game, and misfired. It was a good game. DU's bad day on the faceoffs doomed them more than the refs. Looking forward to seeing what the team can do next year. Wes Berg seems poised to step into Mark Matthews' shoes.